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Welcome to the CD<BR>
for the <A HREF="http://mspress.microsoft.com">Microsoft Press</A> book
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<FONT SIZE="4"><B>Inside Distributed COM</B></FONT></P>
by<BR>
<A HREF="authors.htm">Guy Eddon and Henry Eddon</A>
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This CD includes the following items:
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<LI><B>Code Samples</B><BR>
The SAMPLES directory on this CD contains C++, Visual Basic, and
Java samples that demonstrate all of the topics discussed in the
book.  The samples are arranged by topic rather than by chapter.
You can just copy individual samples from the SAMPLES directory to
your hard disk to test, but be aware that you will have to clear
the Read-Only flag for many of the files in order to compile and
test. To avoid having to clear the Read-Only flag, run the
setup program (SETUP.EXE) in the SETUP directory.
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<LI><B>Setup Program</B><BR>
Installing Files<BR>
The SETUP directory on this CD contains a short file name (8.3)
version of the files in the SAMPLES, COMPSPEC, and DCOMSPEC
directories. It also contains a setup program (SETUP.EXE) that can
copy these files to your hard disk, rename the files using the long
file names, and clear the Read-Only flag on the files. The files
get copied to your hard disk in the directory X:\InsideDCOM, where
X is the drive you specify in the installation.
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Uninstalling Files<BR>
To Uninstall the files from your hard disk follow these steps:
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<LI>Click Start/Settings/Control Panel
<LI>Open Add/Remove Programs
<LI>Click the item you want to uninstall, which could be:<BR>
    "Inside DCOM Code Samples"<BR>
    "COM Specification"<BR>
    "DCOM Specification"<BR>
<LI>Click the Add/Remove button
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<LI><B>DCOM for Windows 95 version 1.1<BR>
DCOM Configuration Utility version 1.1</B><BR>
The DCOM95 directory on this CD contains an installer for DCOM for
Windows 95 (DCOM95.EXE) and an installer for the DCOM Configuration
utility (DCM95DFG.EXE).
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<LI><A HREF="../JVASDK20/default.htm"><B>Microsoft SDK for Java version 2.01</B></A><BR>
The JVASDK20 directory on this CD contains the US English Version of
Microsoft SDK for Java 2.01 for Windows 95 & NT 4.0.
Specifically, it contains the following components:
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    Microsoft SDK for Java version 2.01 (SDK-JAVA.EXE)<BR>
    Microsoft virtual machine for Java (MSJAVX86.EXE)<BR>
    SDK for Java Documentation (SDKJDOC.EXE)<BR>
    Java Base Package Documentation (JAVADOCS.EXE)<BR>
    DirectX(tm) 3a Runtime (DIRECTX.EXE)<BR>
    DirectAnimation Runtime (DXMEDEX.EXE)<BR>
    DirectAnimation Classes (DAJAVCLS.EXE)<BR>
    DirectAnimation Tutorial and Samples (DXMA.EXE)<BR>
    Microsoft virtual machine for Java for Dec Alpha (MSJAVAXP.EXE)<BR>
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<LI><B>Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01</B><BR>
The IE401 directory on this CD contains the US English Version of
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 & NT 4.0
(IE4SETUP.EXE).
<BR><BR>

<LI><B>The COM Specification</B><BR>
The COMSPEC directory on this CD contains the COM Specification in
Microsoft Word format.
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<LI><A HREF="../DCOMspec/draft-brown-dcom-v1-spec-02.txt"><B>DCOM Model Protocol -- DCOM/1.0</B></A><BR>
The DCOMSPEC directory on this CD contains a text file of the
Distributed Component Object Model Protocol -- DCOM/1.0 (January
1998) (draft-brown-dcom-v1-spec-02.txt).
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<LI><B>DCOM Technical Overview</B><BR>
The DCOMTEC directory on this CD contains a DCOM Technical Overview
by Microsoft Corporation in Microsoft Word format (DCOMTEC.DOC).
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<LI><A HREF="ch05add.htm"><B>Chapter 5 Addendum</B></A><BR>
This material includes information on the BSTR Automation type
and a table of COM helper functions for working with the VARIANT
type.<BR><BR>

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